Hi LondonR
I was diagnosed in 2004, I had probably had HepC since the 70s.
In my late 40s I started to feel quite unwell – it felt as though I was living in a shadow world and I thought surely this is not how the rest of my life will be.
Before I’d had kids I was a big gym junkie and also did martial arts, but after they came along I found it impossible to work full time AND commit to a regular fitness regime, but when the youngest was 5 I started regular Yoga classes and practice, which I believe has helped me big time in many ways.
The deterioration started around 3 or 4 years after I’d started Yoga and I just couldn’t figure it out.
Once I got the diagnosis I researched interferon and said thanks but no thanks (and was pretty much called an idiot by a specialist) and started taking lots of supplements which helped a little bit. A chance conversation led me to acupuncture which lifted my energy levels significantly and gave me the energy to go back to the gym which in turn gave me more energy. Around this time I heard of new treatments being developed and was advised to wait as my liver was in good condition.
So I waited. Around 5 years.
Then I also heard about the wonderful Dr James aka living legend and decided I would also go down that path. However the doctor I was seeing at the liver clinic suggested I wait a few more months as the Australian government was about to fund the new treatment. This is what I did and the rest is history.
My experience of the treatment is that in the first week I noticed that my sleep quality improved exponentially. OMG – bliss. The only negative side effect was the occasional headache that would last a few minutes. On the plus side, my brain got much sharper and clearer, energy levels changed completely, everything was better. It’s only when you start to clear this shit of a disease that you realise how much damage it does to your whole being.
At the end of the first month, my liver functions were normal and while the virus was still present, it was in such small amounts as to be unquantifiable. At the end of treatment it was undetectable, and also 3 months after end of treatment – I had achieved SVR (Sustained Virological Response) which is the holy grail of these treatments.
Hopefully your path and outcome will be equally simple and happy. The you can tell those miserable bastards to go and do the proverbial

Matt, I remember the movie that used that song – Harold and Maude, what a brilliant film.

Today I had my appointment with the very lovely Doctor P at RPA, and she gave me the formal news that I’d already been given in an email by the hep c nurse.
While it was good to get it on paper, plus also have a fibroscan done that showed an even better F0 result (median stiffness 4.0), she made a comment that I found interesting. She said the Hep C problem is solved. I know she is busy so I didn’t engage in that discussion but it is a worry that someone who is right at the coalface of Hep C treatment in Australia thinks that.

What a year indeed! hmy:
A bit over a year ago I was trying to contact Greg J and getting no response. Then the newspaper article about Fixhepc. Then the Australian government shelling out for treatment. Then getting the prescription in my hot little hands (and then nearly being run of the road by an idiot driver talking on their phone #ironic). Then Tx and CLEARING this demon. All this accompanied by a promotion and pay rise and finally getting my ITIL Expert certification (if anyone knows what that is). And swimming with whales.
A rather good year. Grateful.

Do we know anything about the people who had Hep B reactivated? Are there any common features that made those people get their Hep B back?

Jeeze Louise, I should not have counted my chickens too early dammit

Saw this band a few nights ago
The blonde woman was Michael Jackson’s guitarist hence the song.
The bloke is Richie someone from some band
Oh and it would help to include a link, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wsSlJb8qkQ

Well spotted, Fitz